sea star

noun

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Every few minutes Baya would dive down to point out a foot-long sea cucumber, or a cluster of blue, black, and yellow sea stars scattered on the seabed. Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026 The Touch the Bay exhibit invites hands-on encounters with sea stars and anemones, while the River Otter habitat showcases playful North American river otters. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Measuring roughly 55 feet long and 18 feet wide, the float featured a dense seascape of corals, fish and oversize sea stars, some spanning 4 feet in diameter. Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026 After the multi-year marine heatwave hit the North Pacific in late 2013, warmer ocean temperatures that followed not only stressed kelp but also worsened the spread of sea star wasting disease that wiped out sunflower sea stars — one of the purple urchin’s main predators. Chaewon Chung december 11, Sacbee.com, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea star

Word History

First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sea star was in 1569

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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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